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Tide Rips and Back Eddies: Bill Proctor’s Tales of Blackfish Sound

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Billy Proctor, resident legend of Echo Bay, BC, recounts almost a century’s worth of experience with this collection of stories, memories and local knowledge of the central BC coast region around Blackfish Sound. Situated in the beautiful Broughton Archipelago between northern Vancouver Island and the mainland coast, this region boasts a history and culture as engaging as its stunning locale–and no person tells its story reasonably like Proctor.

A lifelong fisherman, trapper, logger and, in later life, writer, Proctor learned from both the indigenous Kwakwaka’wakw people and the settlers who came to live in Blackfish Sound. In conjunction with his entertaining tales of the surrounding communities, Proctor also discusses the ingenious technology necessary to both fishing and on a regular basis survival. Covering the natural and domestic history of the area and everything in between–from recollections of old-time fishermen to Billy’s own stories of sasquatches and other bizarre things–Tide Rips and Back Eddies is a riveting and deeply moving account of a long and uniquely coastal life.

Writing collaborator Yvonne Maximchuk’s drawings illustrate Proctor’s personal anecdotes in addition to carefully detail an eclectic array of interesting items collected by Proctor right through his lifetime for his personal museum. Tide Rips and Back Eddies isn’t just a historical archive of immeasurable significance, this is a fascinating read for those interested in the Blackfish Sound region in addition to an honest and whimsical look into the life and lessons learned by a local legend.

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